NBC in Talks with Hugh Laurie to Play Blackbeard in New Pirate Drama

Hugh Laurie is in talks to star as Edward Teach AKA Blackbeard in an upcoming “Pirate drama” for NBC, EW reports.

The House star would make his return to television as the notoriously bloodthirsty pirate in Crossbones, a dramatic actioner from Neil Cross, the creator of the BBC series Luther.

NBC has given the Crossbones a 10-episode order.

Deadline describes the series as follows:

"Set in 1715 on the Bahamian island of New Providence, the first functioning democracy in the Americas, where the diabolical pirate Edward Teach, aka Blackbeard (Laurie), reigns over a rogue nation of thieves, outlaws and miscreant sailors. Part shantytown, part marauder’s paradise, this is a place like no other on earth — and a mounting threat to international commerce."

More to come as details emerge.

Source : ign[dot]com